Friday, July 31, 2009

Giant Rosary Beads That Open

These are early 16th century - 16th century Rosary Beads or prayer beads. Each bead opens and displays a landscape or a scene.






Friday, July 17, 2009

Dragoons

“They were mounted infantrymen who took their name from their weapons, carbines called dragons because they spouted fire like the fabulous beasts. As opposed to light cavalry regiments, dragoons were traditionally ‘heavies’, i.e. burly men who carried fairly heavy weapons.”

Bradley, Ian, ed. The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 276

Thursday, July 9, 2009

some references for our women . . .

Anne and Petra
Anne



Petra

face for Armfeldt, from Abfab

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Pictures of Bridge Construction








Here are some picture i took of the bridge construction in St. Catharine's it was pretty hard to get close because they have some intense barriers up but heres the best i could do for the time being...

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Winehouse Blonde

Here are some images of the misunderstood Amy Winehouse when she was blonde. Perhaps Armfeldt will look a little like this?